“Do you think that these city-states, like in Dubai or anywhere...

“Do you think that these city-states, like in Dubai or anywhere else in the Persian Gulf, can match Iran in any conflict? No, they'll go down immediately. They are minorities in their own country, as I'm sure you know,” he added.

“So the whole regime will collapse within hours, at most days, and then you will no longer have any oil or gas coming from the Persian Gulf region. And also the Iraqi resistance will expel the Americans from Iraq and Syria altogether. So it will bring down the global economy,” said Marandi. “I think there is a sort of balance of terror between Iran and the US. A few thousand Marines are not going to change anything in this region.”